Winter Season | Explore Fairbanks, Alaska

Here's a time-lapse taken yesterday of the short daylight hours around the winter solstice in Fairbanks. Today, Fairbanks will only see 3 hours and 41 minutes of daylight, and the sun will only rise 2° above the horizon. You may notice the distorted appearance of some of the hills and buttes south of Fairbanks. This is a Fata Morgana, which was created by strong temperature inversion present over Fairbanks. While this video was taken, temperatures were around 30 degrees below zero in town. | US

Come see the Alaska Earthquake Center at this year's Arctic Research Open House hosted by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Thursday, May 16, 4–7 pm. | Alaska Earthquake Center

60 years later: The Great Alaska Earthquake

A magnitude 5.3 #earthquake shook central Interior Alaska in the early afternoon Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, and was followed by several smaller quakes. The quake was one of the largest to occur in the area in recent years and was felt as far south as Anchorage, 350 miles south of Fairbanks. Michael West, director of the Alaska Earthquake Center, talks about today’s earthquake in this video. The Alaska Earthquake Center is a part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The center

Fairbanks residents treated to Northern Lights show in Alaska

Northern Lights in Alaska - When and Where to See Them